| Creator |
Library Company of Philadelphia, collector. |
| Title |
Things left in books collection. Illustrations, Undated. |
| Physical Description |
19 items (in 1 folder) ; 1.5 x 1 cm to 9 x 16 cm. |
| Description |
These eighteen items are illustrations removed from books and other sources. Almost all are black and white. An illustration
featuring a set of caricatures is hand-colored. Two illustrations are cut from labels or packaging. Two images are portraits
of Benjamin Franklin.
|
| Notes |
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Biographical / historical note |
This collection includes cut-out or detached illustrations found in books that are part of the Library Company's collections.
The books in which they were found are not identified. Since the mid 1980s, the Library Company no longer separates such materials
without tracking the connection through accession numbers. This collection gathers items from several sources, and is open
to new additions.
|
| Subject |
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Portraits. |
| Genre |
Insertions (Provenance). |
|
Ephemera. |
|
Figures (illustrations). |
|
Plates (illustrations). |
|
Caricatures. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| Coll LCP Ephemera Things Illustrations 3321.F.146 |
| Accession number |
3321.F.146a-r |
